there yet on this tuesday, september 15th. we'll check in now with meteorologist mike nicco to watch our progress. hi, mike. >> hey, reggie. hi, liz, jobina. hi, everybody. thanks for joining us this tuesday. it was brighter yesterday as the wind shift did clear out the middle and upper parts of the atmosphere and still locked into the marine layer. you can see right here across the monterey bay and the south bay heading up through the bay and into the east bay. not until we get to san francisco, concord, san rafael, napa and ukiah. unhealthy for those most sensitive and not, it's fine for all of us around fairfield, santa rosa right now. that's some good news. let's look at what is going on. fog across the north bay. visibility a half a mile and smoke for the rest of us and warmer temperatures this afternoon. 60s, 70s and 80s. >> mike, thank you. 29 days and this kind of air is a long time for anyone and we are seeing people who are starting to see those effects in

measurable ways when they go to the doctor. amy hollyfield is live for us in walnut creek without people there coping with more bad air. amy? >> hi, reggie. i just checked the air quality here in walnut creek and it's hovering the aqi is hovering around that 150 point and that's right where it is unsafe for everybody not just for people in the vulnerable category. we will see another day like this one. here's video of the air yesterday where that smoke and inhaling it is bad and this air is just terrible for us. and medical centers around the bay area say they are seeing an uptick in patients, many with smoke-related issues. >> we're definitely seeing over the last week the chest pains, the shortness of breath, asthma. we would call it bronco spasm and palpitations and certainly the headaches. >> we do see some people out and

bout, of course. many of them saying they just health officials say you should not exercise, though, outthese . do that indoors. it's just too dangerous to be breathing that heavily outside. so many people over the weekend had their hopes set on today, tuesday. so many people saying tuesday is going to get better. we're going to see better air on tuesday and it's still considered unhealthy outside today and don't rush out for that golf game or tennis game today. that big run you are hoping to do it still isn't considered safe. reporting in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> it is really more than that because it is having an effect on our health. doctors say people who have pre-existing conditions should really stay inside. smoke could cause decrease in function and cause strokes in older people. scientists at stanford is now researching the long-term

effects. early findings show polluted air creates changes in our immune system. >> based on the air quality today. that is like smoking eight cigarettes a day. if you're just outdoors without a mask and just breathing normally. >> for most of us, the effects are reversible but it could take anywhere from a few days to weeks for our lungs to heal from breathing in this unhealthy air every day. and you can track the air quality you live right now. go to abc7news.com and click on the link in this map and fdt on the top right of our home page. >> that is a scary stat. today at noon health and human services secretary dr. mark ghaly and mayor london breed will have an update. we will stream both on abc7news.com and the abc7 news app. in the east bay, the berkeley city council is likely to approve a $100 fine effective

immediately if people don't wear a mask or properly social distance. mayor jesse has heard of instances where people are willingly breaking the law. that includes just off the uc berkeley campus where fraternities and sororities had large gatherings with few masks in sight. >> right now the penalty is a misdemeanor. we don't want people to be criminalized. this is a last resort. this is not, we're not going to just go around and start finding people. our goal is to try to encourage our community to really be good neighbors. >> other bay area counties have all passed similar mandates. marine cou marin county issued 14 fines for not wearing a mask. president trump back on the campaign trail. of course, he was in sacramento area yesterday and that's when he met with governor newsom and got into this interesting exchange with a state official. >> it will start getting cooler. you just watch. >> i wish science agreed with

you. >> yeah, well, i don't think science knows actually. >> the president was in sacramento for a wildfire briefing yesterday and he blames our wildfires forest management. the president also disagreed with california secretary of resources. >> science, again, tells us that this climate change is driving this catastrophic fire experience that we're having this summer. >> now, newsom said the meeting was an opportunity to remind the president that more than half of forest land in the state is under federal jurisdiction. governor newsom also got a chance to tour an animal rescue in the north complex fire in butte county. this was yesterday afternoon. and he agrees at least partially with the president by saying the state does have to focus on prevention, forest management, but also climate change. in its effort to prevent massive

wildfires. if you want to keep track of all the fires burning in the state, you can use abc's exclusive wildfire tracker. it's right on abc7news.com and our free abc7 news app. protesters have taken to the streets of one bay area city fighting for change for weeks on end. they may get what they have been pushing for. plus, a new robot taking over in tokyo. why this one is promising to make life easier for us all. scare the rest of us away. get his job done. here's a look at today's forecast. and tomorrow from the bay area air quality management district. that would be 29 and 30 consecutive spare the air alert days. why it may stop thursday

now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> we're back at ten minutes after 6:00. let's head down to the south bay and throw you some temperatures so you know how to dress. 53 in mountain view and 52 in downtown san jose. 49 in napa to about 62 in newark. so, we're seeing some microclimates this morning because of the thinner clouds out there. as you look from our roof camera notice it doesn't look quite as hazy as yesterday. more sunshine and the air qual

still going to be dangerous for extended outdoor activity. try to limit your time or wear that n95 mask. there is the smoke forecast and north bay is already feeling and breathing cleaner air and north bay down to the coast as we head through the next 24 hours. should have some of the cleaner air while the rest of us will still be breathing unhealthy air. as we head into wednesday, the possibility that could spread just a little bit, but not much. that's why we have another spare the air tomorrow. the possibility that the low draw nears there is some smoke entrained and that could filter in and for the most part thursday is looking better and friday is also looking better %-p flow starts to bring the smoke from all our fires to the north and east. we could get a two-day window of nonspare the air before they pick up this weekend. let's get over to jobina and talk about the morning commute. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike, thank you. good morning, everyone. hope you're having a smooth tuesday morning. we have smooth traffic to report. we have a lot of slow spots this morning, but as we're approaching 610 here, this is

our hot spot. the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights came on at 5:56 this morning. but i would safely at the moment this is the only ar you're going to experience a big backup but once you make it through the metering lights, no problem. if you're coming from the east bay and going towards the maze, this is what you can expect all the headlights on 80 making their way and brake lights headed up east. that's what we have going on in traffic. i'll let you know if things change. liz and reggie. >> thanks, jobina. major changes for the upcoming ski season. what you need to be before heading to tahoe this winter. already a globa

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a substantial settlement with the family of breonna taylor later today. according to "currier journal" it is expected to include a cash payment to taylor's family that may include the largest amount the city has paid to date to settle allegations of police misconduct. the deal is also projected to feature police reforms including police commanders would need to have approval from a judge for all search warrants and officers involved in shootings could be subjected to drug and alcohol testing. taylor was shot and killed by police back in march when officers conducted a raid at her home using a no knock warrant. her death along with the deaths of george floyd, as well as ahmaud arbery sparked protest throughout the summer and into the fall, reggie. >> inest ther interesting, than. to talk more about this bill which recently passed the state

ledge sagislature it would allo. right now people serving time in prison are housed according to their birth. improve police response after the shooting of a mentally ill man. june 2019 shooting of 23-year-old miles hall. his mother and grandmother called for help after they claim he threatened him. walnut creek has since made it a goal to expand training so officers are better equipped to handle mental health emergencies. you're going to have to plan ahead if you want to ski at squall valley or alpine meadows this season. you need to purchase tickets in advance. the resorts aren fo reduce big crowds because of the pandemic. now, you're not ready for this robot. working from home in tokyo takes on a whole new meaning.

this giant robot which they've named model t is helping convenience store workers keep their social distance and get the job done. it can grasp objects and stock shelves. as you see there workers are kro controlling the robot remotely. it's hard to tell, but that robot is very tall. seven feet. it has three fingers on each hand along with cameras, microphones and sensors. a japanese start up developed model t and you can't buy one. instead the start up rents out the robot for a fee. you know, i have to say, the robot is kind of growing on me but that is probably part of the programming, right? that's what they want. >> it's working. >> it's working. yeah, it's working. >> taking me longer to come around. i just feel like you walk into the grocery store and that's next to you. don't bring anyalong.t -- >> itis. it's very stylized.

i have to say the face, like it has cheek bones for the gods. >> totally. but a little freaky. in my taste. of robots. >> definitelyic loo i lly looks something i've seen. that's interesting. i wonder if you could talk to the person on the other end. let's get a look at what's going on from our roof camera. hi, everybody. let's talk about the forecast. 58 right now. little clearer this morning and still spare the air through at least thursday and that will be 30 consecutive days unprecedented length of any spare the air alert. brighter and warmer for today and tomorrow. and then we've got some drizzle, cooler highs for thursday and friday and those two promised to be our cleaner air days. here's a look at some of that much-needed rain that is falling across the pacific northwest. seattle 0.5 and portland almost 0.11 inch now,i you can see the smoke is getting to me.

bring us the cleaner air. until then, we have warmer temperatures thanks to the brighter sky out there. and gd millbrae to redwood city at 77. 63 to 65 along the peninsula coast and some low to mid 70s for downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. north bay coast mid 60s and 20 degrees warmer in your valleys and low to mid 80s there. along the east bay shore, 70s across the board. low to mid 70s. and 90 in brentwood and everybody else in the mid to upper 80s. you get close to air conditioning weather there. now, tonight is not going to be nearly as cool as it has been. a few green blotches out there in the east bay hills and drizzle during tomorrow morning's commute and the smog lingering out there. for thursday and friday after the morning drizzle, our coolest days. 60s, 70s and 80s thursday and that off shore flow kicks in saturday and temperatures warm

up and expect the smoke to return for the weekend. have a good one. here's liz and reggie. >> i like how he just says expect the smoke to return for the weekend and have a good one. put that in there at the end, mike. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 right here on abc7. >> ginger zee with a look at what is ahead. >> reggie and liz great to be with you here on a tuesday morning. i had to think about which day it is because we're getting into the outer shield of hurricane sally and this thing is a slow moving rain torture machine. that's what it is going to be. up to 30 inches of rain and flash flooding possible and we're on dolphin island less than an hour south of here and my goodness the water already bubbling up from the surge. that is going to be a problem. but number one is rain from louisiana to the panhandle. i'm tracking that and also talk about your torture machine meaning the wildfires and all that smoke from northern california through oregon and washington

we'll talk about those missing still and t. alleged sexual misconduct with minors. we're going to have the latest on that. and then walmart officially launching their new membership program. walmart plus. how it compares to amazon prime and which one might be better for you. here we are in this rain. i feel so far from my days of "dancing with the stars" in the ballroom. i don't look it, but we watched as that star studded and amazing first night took place. we'll get into what happened and keira knightly will join us live. all coming up on "gma." reggie and liz. >> ginger, thank you. cardi b. the first woman to win a she is at the top of billboard global 200 chart. her song was the inaugural

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welcome back. 6:26 on this tuesday morning. area of low pressure bringing much-needed rain to washington and oregon. passes by and may bring wet weather as far south as crescent city and in san francisco are tomorrow and especially thursday and friday morning some drizzle is possible. no showers or widespread rain cn >> mike, thank you. new at 6:00, while many restaurants are just trying to

survive, some could be saved thanks to liquor licenses. today the san francisco board of supervisors is going to consider allowing certain limited restaurants in north beach to convert to regular restaurants. that means they would be able to apply for a temporary liquor license with the hopes that that would bring them more business. supervisor aaron pesken who represents the neighborhood says this would be a lifeline for at least ten businesses. we will have a lot to say about this one. taco bell is rolling out their own custom wine. it is called jalapeno noir. the wine doesn't actually taste like jalapenos, but it is supposedly a perfect pairing with a cheesy chalupa. right now only selling this wine in canada for $19 a bottle. reggie, yeah, i'm not so sure how well this is going to do in our baypalates. >> i think the bottle looks really nice.

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. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. now at 6:30, the summer of protests come to a point in san jose today. a key city council meeting to discuss the future of its police force. >> i've achieved more for hispanic americans in 47 months than joe biden has achieved in 47 years. president trump with a new tactic to try to keep the white house in november.

plus the exclusive eye opening visual experiment to get you to pull that mask up above your nose. the potential dangers this morning. and balling out in bell air. how someone can live like the fresh peninsula for just 30 bucks a night. look, i'll just take fresh air. >> and i'll pay double for it. >> it's only 30 bucks. but not for us. we'll explain. good morning, again. thanks for joining us. it's tuesday, september 15th. and, mike, you know, i just want to say this morning i thought this was a good sign. i could see the skies y stars iy when i woke up this morning. >> the wind shift cleaning up the upper and middle part of the atmosphere. nice observation and that's why you need the sunglasses today. today is brighter than it was yesterday. unfortunately the marine layer is polluted and that's why you can see unhealthy air in the monterey bay and santa cruz mountains and let's move north

around redwood city, fremont and livermore. but it does get a little bit better and only for those sensitive around napa, san rafael, san francisco, oakland, concord. that means the young, elderly and those with asthma and places go out and take a deep breath this morning and post it. we'd like to see how nice it is. we have some fog across the north bay. that's why your visibilities are dangerously low in places like petaluma and santa rosa. the rest of us are dealing with smoke and the winds are very light it's not going anywhere. it will take the sunlight to burn it off. when it does it will leave a slightly mild air mass behind. you can see the 70s around the bay and even more 80s inland this afternoon. we'll talk more about brighter skies and cleaner air at least for a few days coming up. >> all right. thanks, mike. san jose city counscil will meet to discuss police reforms and release additional body camera video from earlier this r

year. focused on race and social justice. julian glover is live with what we can expect at the meeting this morning. good morning, julian. >> hi, good morning, liz. a pretty packed san jose city council agenda when they meet at 1:30 thoday. the response to the protests following the police killing of george floyd and what the department will do differently euncil will b reviewing hours and hours of police department video of the may and june incidents, including this incident showing this officer's vantage point as they use force against a man during a scuffle and others like a collision between a police motorcycle and a running pedestrian. now, the council will also be reviewing the san jose police department nearly 230-page report outlining the department's account of what actually happened took place during that civil unrest. the council will have lots of questions there. and another big development from

the meeting. the council will vote on six potential changes to the police department's conduct manual, including things like setting up a minimum age and minors can be handcuffed and putting a stop to hiring of recruits with tattooed linked to hate groups and prevent officers from covering their badges. the police department is currently facing a civil rights lawsuit over the use of rubber bullets fired into large crowds during those protests in late may. banning rubber bullets among other projectiles is also up for a vote at that city council meeting, again, that starts at 1:30 this afternoon. reporting live, julian glover, abc7 news. >> julian, thank you. senator kamala harris is visiting california today. the democratic vice presidential nominee will be in fresno to get an update on the wildfires. later she will travel to las vegas. now an abc7 news live desk update. >> at the live desk, tonight the

president and the people. abc news will be holding a town hall in philadelphia alongside the president there where he will be answering questions regarding the election, the pandemic and everything else in between to undecided voters. this comes as the trump administration faces new questions about its handling of the pandemic. a top official in the department of health and human services is accusing scientists at the cdc of, quote, sedition and trying to undermine the president. this follows a politico report that the cdc was pressured to change the weekly reports on covid-19 to fit the president's claims. they are launching a probe into the cdc memos. abc news is hosting a town hall with president trump tonight. chief anchor george stephanopoulos will host the event giving undecided voters a chance to ask the president their important questions before november. watch the president and the people tonight at 6:00 right hre on abc7. reggie? >> jobina, thank you.

contra costa county's updated health order starts tomorrow. personal care services that involve close contact with your face like facials and waxing can operate outdoors. tattooing and piercings are still not allowed. race tracks and card rooms may operate outdoors, film and tv production can resume. the county said it updated the health order to align with the state's new tiered system. c contra costa county is in the purple tier. an update on the city's response to the pandemic. after six months, salons and gyms are among the businesses back open for indoor operations, again. there are new safety rules and restrictions on capacity. >> it's been stressful, but we're all happy. it's a relief for our clients, too. >> i don't know that i'll be able to recover from six months of closure, but i'll fight like hell and i sure am going to try. >> hotels previously limited to

housing essential workers and now they can also take in visitors. nail salons and massage studios are also allowed to have customers inside. okay. the bay area's bay air quality. how people are dealing with this smoke as we entered a 29 spare the air alerts. and you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange this morning. we're up 217 points. almost exactly where we were this time yesterday. another update on how the markets are doing, coming up. plus this. >> yo, what up. apparently a lot of covid is transmitted by us millennials. >> paul rudd taking the cool kid approach in this latest coronavirus psa. more of his attempt to make mask wearing go viral. pretty funny. >> my son showed me that yesterday. >> paul rudd can tell me

anything and i will listen. okay. >> nice. yeah. watch it. may get off to a slow start and then gets pretty funny, i hear. let's start with our current conditions and along the east bay shoreline where it's dry today but drizzle is possible the next couple of mornings. 59 to about 64 degrees right there in hayward. definitely warmer than everybody else. you can see the thicker fog across the north bay and the cooler temperatures. low 50s there. we even had a 59 at one point in napa and then 63 at san carlos and 62 at san jose and little milder there. in fact your commute today, yep. the farther south you are, the worst the air quality is going to be, but still going to be unhealthy for all of us and the worst visibility during the morning commute. so, watch out for that. spare the air consecutive unprecedented, record setting. however you want to say it. 29 today, 30 tomorrow. a break thursday and friday. however, it could come back this weekend. let me show you what is going on today. you can see the north bay

clearing out. even parts like around san francisco and down towards the peninsula coast could also clear out a little bit during the afternoon hours and breathe some healthy air. and then overnight, all of us trying to clear out with a little bit of drizzle as we head through wednesday looks like it will be pretty clear. most of thursday is going to be a mixed bag. clear to little bit of smoke and then you can see as we head into friday. we start off with some pretty clean air and then look at the northerly winds kick in and start drawing the smoke down and bringing it into our neighborhoods as we head into the weekend. that's why we have possibly tomorrow, thursday and friday as our cleanest days before more smoke returns this weekend. warmer temperatures then, too. i'll show you that in the accuweather seven-day forecast. e you, jobina?icbi. >> i'm doing well. how are you? i didn't ask. >> i'm doing well, also. yes. >> okay. there we go. all right. well, good morning, everyone. i have pretty great news to

bring you for traffic. no major issues on our roads this morning. the only backup you're really going to see is at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll take a live look right there as we can see the metering lights came on at 5:56 this morning. once you make it through those lights pretty much smooth sailing into san francisco. you're just going to experience that backup as you approach it. but if you take the bridge, you know the drill. this is what happens there. also moving over to the south bay now. we want to look at san jose seeing 101 and very smooth ride in the south bay this morning. all over. 880, 280, 101. the situation overall. and that's what i have traffic. as far as the road conditions. i want to let you know about a mass transit update we have. a big update for b.a.r.t. the transit agency is getting a $1.2 billion grant from the federal government to improve the transbay tube. b.a.r.t. says it will use the money to add more trains so it can run up to 30 trains per hour in each direction during peak commute hours before the

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now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> a quick check of what sally is doing. she's raining a lot. 85 miles per hour with gusts up to 105 and moving at two miles per hour. you can see 60 miles from dolphin island and 80 from biloxi and it looks like it will get spared the rath of this storm as it is turning more north before it get to new orleans. ten-foot storm surge get up to 20, 30 inches of rain. that is the threat the next 38 hours. tornadoes along the gulf coast and look at all that water. flooding a big-time issue down along the gulf coast the next 48 hours. >> mike, thank you. as he's been saying, it is a record 29 days of bad air. and tomorrow is going to make 30. we already know that.

this morning, abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with how people are coping and how some are already suffering the effects. amy. >> hi, reggie. another day for you to use your full mask wardrobe. you got your pandemic mask. make sure you also have your smoke mask. we need them all today because it is another spare the air day. it's going to look a lot like it did yesterday. here's some video of that smoke haze that we're all starting to get used to seeing and, unfortunately, we are breathing the is. it is terrible for us. and bay area hospitals say they have seen more patients in the last week complaining of smoke-related issues like coughing and chest pain. still, we do see some people out and about, of course. many of them saying they can't stand to be inside any more. they have cabin fever. >> you try to keep moving the best you can. try to get as much fresh air, you know, as you can. >> it has been heartbreaking. i hope that it clears up really

soon and we get blue skies and we can start breathing again. >> health officials advisso man were looking forward to today, tuesday, the day when the air quality would improve. where it becomes unhealthy for everyone, not just those in the vulnerable groups. so, another day of staying indoors as much as you can. in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> amy, thank you. you just saw amy's collection of masks. as you know, you're supposed to wear them covering your nose and mouth, but we see people all the time not doing so. "good morning america" teamed up with some experts to show you what happens when you are not properly wearing your mask. >> when you're half masking, you're keeping your nose exposed, which makes it easier for the virus particles to

enter. >> reporter: see the difference in escaping particles. wearing a maskrl versus half masking. >> it reinforces how important it is to wear masks appropriately and to cover your mouth and your nose. >> you can watch a full report on masks and your safety coming up on "gma" at 7:00 right here after "abc7 mornings." all right. new this morning, the struggle is real when it comes to virtual learning. so many families at home are still trying to make it work, but some feel younger kids are having the hardest time keeping up. jobina at the live desk with what parents can do. >> yes, liz. parents say it can be especially hard for their kids to focus if they are under the first grade area. somewhere in there. so, i want you all to check this out. you can see these pictures. unely the ruggle. ye. lo athafrusat arentsre tryin to

navigate the new world of rtual. this kindergartner is completely over it. "good morning america" went to the experts for some advice including how to keep things interesting. >> i want to keep my son engaged in the lesson. >> kids will look stressed and may not be engaged. the key is to help them through that experience and say, look, you know you're going to be virtual learning for this period of time and figure out what you might be able to schedule the rest of the day that might help to boost your mood. >> as for concerns for about too much screen time for your kids while they're vurpalirtually learning. it's important for kids to interact with their peers and n provide some center ucture stru day and combine it with art projects and exercise. new at 6:00, if millennials won't listen to health experts and government officials and start wearing masks, maybe they

will listen to fellow certifi young person paul rudd. >> i was talking and how us millennials need to wear masks. a lot of covid is transmitted by us. >> part of the governor's mask up america campaign which has videos featuring billy crystal, robert de niro and more. i have to say, millennials continue to get a bad rap and they're in their 30s now. i think we're talking gen-z. >> i see what you just did there, liz. >> you were mad about millennials. >> well, i love gen-z. just saying. >> also shot out to gen-x. >> how old is paul rudd. >> he is solidly gen-x.

>> i thought so, too. >> he's a year younger than i am. there's no way he's millennial. but nice try. let's take a look at what's going on and head outside in san jose where we have a southerly wind just off the surface is bringing up smoke and have some of our worst air quality in the south bay today. brighter and warmer across the board, though. looking mild tonight. not as cool as this morning smoggy and little drizzle in the higher elevations and higher this weekend with the smoke increasing. the winds and you can see they're coming out of the southwest and that's why it's brighter today. just locked in with smoke down where we live right now. and all the rain out of the system continues to fall to the north. 0.5 in seattle and 0.1 in portland. they need it just as badly as we do. their air quality was worse than ours the last two days. mid 70s to mid 80s for most of the south bay today. as you head up the peninsula, we have temperatures in the mid to upper 70s.

along the coast we're in the mid 60s. low to mid 70s for downtown san francisco and sausalito. along the east bay shore, we have low to mid 70s and as you move inland, how about temperatures in the mid 80s to about 90. that's getting a little warm. the splotches of green and the drizzle. my accuweather forecast possibly warmer and brighter and the morning drizzle and cooler weather for thursday and friday. the off shore winds and the warmth and the return of smoke starting saturday and lingering through the weekend. reggie. >> mike, thank you. now your morning money report. more options for your grocery delivery starts today. walmart is launching its own membership program in an attempt to compete more with amazon. they're calling it walmart plus because everything now has to have a plus after it. the new program offers unlimited free delivery on more than 160,000 items. it costs 98 bucks a year, which is slightly cheaper than amazon prime. and taking a live look at the

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welcome back. it is 6:55 on this tuesday morning. seven things to know this morning. number one, louisville, kentucky, is expected to announce a substantial settlement for breonna taylor's family today. expected to include a cash payment to taylor's family and police reforms. number two. today san jose city leaders will continue talks about police cer criticize officers for multiple incidents during george floyd protests earlier this year. unprecedented 29th consecutive spare the air day and here's the reason why. the monterey bay and south bay and redwood city, livermore and then just for those sensitive as you head from san francisco, concord northward and even healthy air across the north

bay. enjoy it whileur senatokamala harris inliforniarl number five. president trump will be in philadelphia tonight for an abc town hall event. george stephanopoulos will host that event. it starts at 6:00. you can watch it right here on abc7. number six. checking on a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights came on at 6:57 this morning. this is the only light i'm seeing. great news for our commuters this morning. number seven. the big news of the morning, obviously. taco bell now selling wine. jalapeno no iir is available in canada. it pairs perfectly with a cheesy chuloupa. >> you know, the more we see it, the more i'm into it. >> all right. you can have it, reggie. i'll get you a case all for you.

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hurricane sally takes aim. alabama, mississippi and louisiana all under states of emergency. bracing for extreme storm surge, flash flooding. the powerful hurricane lashing the region with winds at 85 miles an hour. we're live in the storm zone with the latest on the mandatory evacuations. wildfire apocalypse. as those deadly blazes rage, toxic smoke smothers the west. portland and seattle, two of the top cities in the world with the worst air quality. president trump visits hard hit california and dismisses climate change as a problem. >> i don't think science knows actually. >> joe biden calling the president a, quote, climate arsonist. the white house under fire after a top trump appointee at the department of health and